Lola Ryan (1925–2003) was an Australian shellworker of Tharawal/Eora descent who lived in La Perouse. Her work is in the permanent collections of several Australian museums.
Lola Ryan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1925 |
| Died | 2003 (aged 77–78) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Known for | Shell art |
Biography edit
Ryan, who was of Tharawal/Eora descent, lived in La Perouse and learned shellworking from her family.[1][2] Ryan often worked with her sister, Mavis Longbottom.[3] Ryan and her sister, Longbottom, started selling their work as children.[4] The sisters would collect shells from Yarra Beach and other areas along the coast of New South Wales.[4]
Work edit
Ryan's work is often brightly coloured, "encrusted" and scaled for use as art in the home.[5] She began to work with art collector, Peter Fay, in the late 1990s.[6] She started showing her work in galleries around the same time and in 2001, she showed her work at Gitte Weise's Gallery.[1][2]
Ryan's work is in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia,[7] the Art Gallery of New South Wales,[8] the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery,[9] the Australian National Maritime Museum,[10] the Museum of Contemporary Art,[11] and the Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b "Cultural Renewal". Art Gallery of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ a b Loxley, Anne (24 October 2001). "Tradition Comes Out of Its Shell, and It's a Glittering Creation". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 August 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Shimmer (PDF). Wollongong Art Gallery. p. 5.
- ^ a b c "Four shellwork boxes made by Mavis Longbottom and Lola Ryan at La Perouse". Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ Weston, Gemma. "In defence of bad taste: the art of Pat Larter and Lola Ryan". The Conversation. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ^ Nugent, Maria (2014). "Shellwork on Show: Colonial History, Australian Aboriginal Women and the Display of Decorative Objects". Journal of Material Culture. 19 (1): 85. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.843.5600. doi:10.1177/1359183513509535. S2CID 144194168.
- ^ Ryan, Lola. "Harbour Bridge". Item held by National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ^ "Kooka, (2000) by Lola Ryan :: The Collection". Art Gallery NSW. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ^ "Glitter: Pater Larter vs. Lola Ryan" (PDF). Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery. 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ^ "Shell map of Australia inspired the Al – Istakhari's map". Australian National Maritime Museum. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ MCA Collection. MCA Store. 2012. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-921034-54-1.